In the words of the soon to be perpetually copyrighted Pink Floyd:
All in all, it's just another brick in the wall...
Except the wall is...like... copyrights forever.
*cough*
Look, I wanted to put a Pink Floyd quote in this comment and I did it, GET OFF MY BACK. If a man can't put a non-sequitur Pink Floyd quote in one of his comments, well...bah.
If I was a user, I'd be very put off by the FSF page linked in the story:
These projects are important because computer users are continually being seduced into using non-free software
"seduced" into using non-free software? Jesus wept, that makes them sound like complete loonies...not to mention, it's insulting to the intelligence of users. They really need to work on their wording and image, because if that's the way they present themselves to the public then they won't get very far.
Not to mention, I see no issue with the Flash player being closed source as it is. Someone already mentioned swfdec...
I have Asperger's, and while there aren't nerd curing pills, there is something else which helped me a darn sight:
The Sims.
Yeah, you heard me, The Sims. Playing that game on and off for a few weeks taught me some much needed social skills, and gave me a little more confidence.
(Of course, by the time I finished I was so addicted I was close to cancelling dates in favour of playing the Sims, so it kinda was a mixed blessing;)
Custom and tradition?! Pah! There's none of that left! Britain's rapidly turning into a cultural and political wasteland. The two main parties are Thatcherite (and the electoral system means the third doesn't even get a look in) and they both talk about "saving British culture" from this mythical tide of asylum seekers that destroy everything in their path...but they don't realise there is no culture left: it's been replaced with shit like this. Any tradition or custom we have is slowly being erased in favour of "me me me" lawyer culture like in the US, where everyone is hostile to each other. The socialist caring sharing ethic this country has benefitted from for the past 50-100 years is being eroded away and replaced by complete selfishness on all levels... custom and tradition my arse.
Heh, I have a GMail account too...doesn't mean I worship everything Google does though, as Slashdot seems to do now. It seriously is becoming a site for Google and Apple fanboys, and very little else. The only reason I'm still here is because I'm thoroughly addicted to this place:)
And of course, Taco/Timothy/Neal etc don't listen to what the users of Slashdot actually want...I'm fairly sure daily Google updates is fairly low on most peoples' list of priorities:)
geek_man_2382 writes: "Google is Jesus! I saw it myself! Larry Page came to my house and I was like "sup" and he was like "I'm going to cure world hunger and shizzit" and I was like "sweet dude". And then he walked on water and tore up some loaves and fishes and died and was resurrected and shit. It's that whole "do no evil" thing he has, you know..."
*bangs head on desk at another fucking Google cocksucking story on Slashdot*
Jesus guys, you may as well change it to "Googledot: Google google Googles. Google google googles." Every single day another story about how absolutely marvellous Google is and how they're going to make the whole Internet better and they're doing it all out of the kindness of their hearts. I can honestly say I don't give a flying fuck what Google is doing today, I come here to read tech news and discussion, not a load of geeks droning on about how this one company is going to perform miracles.
PLEASE stop with the Google stories. I beg of you. I swear I see the word "Google" so much now that the word has lost all meaning, it's just a random string of letters. I'll pay you to stop with the fucking Google stories, or at least think of a way so that I can't see them!!! PLEASE!!!!
Of course, it will probably end up being just as crappy as local public access channels. Except, instead of seeing teenagers prank call McDonald's it'll be wannabe Art Bells ranting about how George W. Bush is hiding Osama bin Laden on the dark side of the moon.
I can certify that that is a complete lie, I listened to that album a couple of times today and there weren't any fucking terrorists.
Britain has apparently had high speed rail since the 70s, in the form of the High Speed Train, and they're good trains, but since privatisation they've only gone above 60mph when they're flying off the rails and into a ditch in a horrific fireball of death.
So does that mean they plan on taking on some non-profit who appears above them on google, because hey everyone knows I might get confused while searching for "tiger" instead of "tigerdirect" (which shows them ranked first btw).
That doesn't matter. Tiger Direct and Apple are marketing the name in the field of computers, while the non-profit is talking about living breathing tigers. Same deal with Apple Records and Apple Computer, two different fields hence they can use the same name (if I remember there was a ruckus over exactly this when iTunes came out).
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Then I decided that ABITW was a better idea. Except it now apparently isn't.
You son of a bitch.
In the words of the soon to be perpetually copyrighted Pink Floyd:
All in all, it's just another brick in the wall...
Except the wall is...like... copyrights forever.
*cough*
Look, I wanted to put a Pink Floyd quote in this comment and I did it, GET OFF MY BACK. If a man can't put a non-sequitur Pink Floyd quote in one of his comments, well...bah.
If I was a user, I'd be very put off by the FSF page linked in the story:
These projects are important because computer users are continually being seduced into using non-free software
"seduced" into using non-free software? Jesus wept, that makes them sound like complete loonies...not to mention, it's insulting to the intelligence of users. They really need to work on their wording and image, because if that's the way they present themselves to the public then they won't get very far.
Not to mention, I see no issue with the Flash player being closed source as it is. Someone already mentioned swfdec...
I can't see any comments here...
WordPerfect office has tabs...try that for size.
It's called "MP3".
I have Asperger's, and while there aren't nerd curing pills, there is something else which helped me a darn sight:
;)
The Sims.
Yeah, you heard me, The Sims. Playing that game on and off for a few weeks taught me some much needed social skills, and gave me a little more confidence.
(Of course, by the time I finished I was so addicted I was close to cancelling dates in favour of playing the Sims, so it kinda was a mixed blessing
Custom and tradition?! Pah! There's none of that left! Britain's rapidly turning into a cultural and political wasteland. The two main parties are Thatcherite (and the electoral system means the third doesn't even get a look in) and they both talk about "saving British culture" from this mythical tide of asylum seekers that destroy everything in their path...but they don't realise there is no culture left: it's been replaced with shit like this. Any tradition or custom we have is slowly being erased in favour of "me me me" lawyer culture like in the US, where everyone is hostile to each other. The socialist caring sharing ethic this country has benefitted from for the past 50-100 years is being eroded away and replaced by complete selfishness on all levels... custom and tradition my arse.
I really really want this modded up.
Either that or "Linger".
Right here. ;)
Thank you for your kind comments regarding my post. Would you care to elaborate as to what was wrong with it?
They did. And then they removed it.
Heh, I didn't say I don't like Google, I said I'm sick about hearing about how wonderful Google is all the fucking time...
Also, learn to spell.
No. You can't. If you look in your user prefs, you'll notice that that option has miraculously disappeared. you can now only block by section.
Haha, flamebait...cool.
Don't see many flames, do you?
Heh, I have a GMail account too...doesn't mean I worship everything Google does though, as Slashdot seems to do now. It seriously is becoming a site for Google and Apple fanboys, and very little else. The only reason I'm still here is because I'm thoroughly addicted to this place :)
:)
And of course, Taco/Timothy/Neal etc don't listen to what the users of Slashdot actually want...I'm fairly sure daily Google updates is fairly low on most peoples' list of priorities
geek_man_2382 writes: "Google is Jesus! I saw it myself! Larry Page came to my house and I was like "sup" and he was like "I'm going to cure world hunger and shizzit" and I was like "sweet dude". And then he walked on water and tore up some loaves and fishes and died and was resurrected and shit. It's that whole "do no evil" thing he has, you know..."
*bangs head on desk at another fucking Google cocksucking story on Slashdot*
Jesus guys, you may as well change it to "Googledot: Google google Googles. Google google googles." Every single day another story about how absolutely marvellous Google is and how they're going to make the whole Internet better and they're doing it all out of the kindness of their hearts. I can honestly say I don't give a flying fuck what Google is doing today, I come here to read tech news and discussion, not a load of geeks droning on about how this one company is going to perform miracles.
PLEASE stop with the Google stories. I beg of you. I swear I see the word "Google" so much now that the word has lost all meaning, it's just a random string of letters. I'll pay you to stop with the fucking Google stories, or at least think of a way so that I can't see them!!! PLEASE!!!!
I'm beginning to think the US government passes more laws outside the US than it actually does inside the US...
Oh yes, stronger IP laws. Just what everyone in Canada needs and wants.
Of course, it will probably end up being just as crappy as local public access channels. Except, instead of seeing teenagers prank call McDonald's it'll be wannabe Art Bells ranting about how George W. Bush is hiding Osama bin Laden on the dark side of the moon.
I can certify that that is a complete lie, I listened to that album a couple of times today and there weren't any fucking terrorists.
Britain has apparently had high speed rail since the 70s, in the form of the High Speed Train, and they're good trains, but since privatisation they've only gone above 60mph when they're flying off the rails and into a ditch in a horrific fireball of death.
5 dollars says he drowns.
;)
Another 5 hopes he drowns.
Swim that fucking ocean, bitch!
Erm, wrong browser. Whoops.
So does that mean they plan on taking on some non-profit who appears above them on google, because hey everyone knows I might get confused while searching for "tiger" instead of "tigerdirect" (which shows them ranked first btw).
That doesn't matter. Tiger Direct and Apple are marketing the name in the field of computers, while the non-profit is talking about living breathing tigers. Same deal with Apple Records and Apple Computer, two different fields hence they can use the same name (if I remember there was a ruckus over exactly this when iTunes came out).
I didn't know BT still did service in Hong Kong, I'd have thought it was provided by the Chinese...
Oh, you mean BitTorrent.
Fuck.